PROJECT #4- U. S. History from 1960 to present

STEPS To Follow:

1. Working in a partnership or on one’s own, begin by selecting a topic that involves an event or person from 1960 to the present. Some suggestions might be:

JFK's assassination	Earth Days	Women's Rights --60's - present	Persian Gulf War	Woodstock	Clinton's impeachment
Bay of Pigs	Elections-1960-present	Chappaquiddick	Iran-Contra Scandal	Role of African-Americans	Supreme Court cases
Cuban Missile Crisis	Watergate	Pop Culture of the ‘70s	Oklahoma Bombing	First Ladies-'60s to present	The 9/11 Disaster
RFK's assassination	My Lai Incident	Lebanon's Hostages	Pop Culture of the '80s	Iranian Hostage Crisis	America's space program
Pop Culture of the '60s	Presidential successes and failures	Pop Culture of the 1990's	Technology	Past Olympic Highlights	Life in 2000 and beyond

2. Pose five questions that you seek to answer. Use these questions to help guide your research and in your presentation. Go beyond asking just what, but how and why.

3. Locate and Use (five sources-Honors students) / (three sources-CP students) from different types of sources about the topic. Each person should submit his/her own works cited.

Helpful websites: http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade80.html Daily Life in the U.S.

4. Present the answers to the questions for the topic you have studied in both a written paper and through your presentation. You should have an introduction and conclusion to both the paper and the presentation. Include audience participation in your presentation.

5. Your grade is also based upon using the Big 6 Project Organizer

Project_Organizer_#4.doc

to guide you through the process that should help create the depth, effort, organization, timeliness of your project. See rubric.

RUBRIC_#4.doc

The following are ways to consider using to present:

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